OS X V10.5 Leopard :: Error - You Can't Empty The Trash Or Move A File To The Trash
Apr 25, 2012How can I retrieve downloaded apps, files, music, videos and documents that I put in the trash?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)
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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Error - You Can't Empty The Trash Or Move A File To The Trash
Jul 5, 2012You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.5 Leopard :: Can't Empty The Trash Or Move A File To The Trash
Feb 2, 2012Do most people who download QuickTime also downloads iTunes?
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Windows 7
OS X V10.5 Leopard :: Can't Empty The Trash - Move A File To The Trash
May 28, 2012I can't delete anything in trash
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.4 :: Can't Empty Trash Or Move A File To It
Jun 3, 2012If I begin an install that never completed and have moved the .dmg file to trash how do I delete it when the error message is: item is in use and cannot be deleted?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Empty Trash Or Move A File To It
Jun 11, 2012Can single files in the trash bin be emptied?
2.Can one be absolutley certain, that files in the trash bin are not being accessed and used by any application.Mac OS X 10.7.4
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Cannot Empty Trash - Error 8003?
Apr 26, 2012I am totally unable to empty trash! As soon as I start I get message that trash cannot be emptied because of an "unexpected error code -8003.
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MBP 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4GB SDRAM; 500GB HD
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Cannot Secure Empty Trash And Get Error Code -8003
May 31, 2012While trying to Securely empty trash, I get an error code -8003. The trash bin now has about 2 million files to empty. The large number of files are due to transferring numerous time machine back ups files to be deleted after a partial LaCie hard drive failure.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Receiving An Error Code -8008, When Try To Empty Trash?
Jun 22, 2012I am receiving an error code -8008, when I try to empty my trash. Trash has 3700 items. How do I correct?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X :: How Unsecure Is Empty Trash Compared To Secure Empty Trash?
Aug 31, 2009I moved a bunch of files to the trash can after installing Snow Leopard, mainly backup files from OmniFocus.
I clicked Secure Empty Trash and over 500,000 items began deleting. These 500,000+ items deleted at the rate of 2-3 items a second. This would total 138 hours equaling over 5 days to Secure Empty the trash.
This is just ridiculous in my option so I just did the "Empty Trash" feature, showing me only 350 items, which deleted quickly in under 5 minutes...
So far I know with Secure Empty Trash that the trash is securely layered with 0's & 1's....but wonder what happens with just "Empty Trash?"
How easily accessible is it for someone to retrieve something that i've deleted?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Empty Trash May Not Delete Folders In Trash If Using Network Home Directory
Apr 23, 2012I have two folders in my trash which I cannot empty. No matter how many times I try these folders will not go away. I have open the "info" link and marked them read and write without success.
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iMac
OS X Mavericks :: When Turn On Mac Trash Has Recovered Files / However Trash Was Empty Of Last Shut Down
Sep 8, 2014when i turn on my mac trash has recovered files in there, however trash was empty of last shut down.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
MacBook Pro :: Trash Doesn't Work - No Option To Empty Trash On Icon
Sep 7, 2014My "Trash" is not working. when i delete any file it doesn't appear in TRASH. Empty Trash option goes disappear. How can i recover my TRASH ?
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MacBoo Pro, iOS 7.1
Mac Pro :: Keep Getting Error 8003 When Trying To Empty Trash?
Apr 4, 2012I'm trying to empty the trash, and I can't, because I keep getting this error.
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Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Trying To Empty The Trash The Finder Asks For System Password Then Empties The Trash Immediately?
May 17, 2012OS 10.7.4 Trash does not work properly; when I empty the trash the finder asks for my system password then empties the trash immediately.
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OS 10.7.4, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Desktops :: Cannot Empty Trash/trash Icon Show Full?
Oct 3, 2009My 24" iMac (2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OSX 10.6.1) crashed during a normal shutdown sequence and had to be closed down by holding in the power button. This resulted in three zero kB alias files with random names such as "." in the trash.
I cannot empty these files from the trash by any normal means and the trash icon permanently shows full. The files can be selected but cannot be dragged to the desktop or renamed. Other files put in the trash can be deleted normally.
OS X :: Empty Trash Doesn't Make Trash Sound Anymore In SL?
Sep 15, 2009My 09 Mac Pro trash won't make the normal trash sound when emptying the trash in SL. Does anyone know if this is for all SL users or how I can turn it back on? I like hearing the sound and don't like the fact that I have a glitch if this is one.
View 7 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Secure Empty Trash Regain GB's But Not Empty Trash...?
Jan 13, 2010I've noticed that when I "Secure Empty Trash" though it takes longer, I usually regain a lot of gigabytes back. Currently, as of this post i'm "secure emptying trash" and i've regained about 25GB's which sounds about right considering there was about that much worth of video recordings from my video camera I no longer needed.
In the past when I've just "deleted trash" i've seen different results. If I have say 10GB's in the trash and I just "empty trash" then i'll maybe gain back like a GB or 2. ...if anything.
So, my concern is...say currently with the 25GB amount of trash I have, If I decided to just "empty trash", I obviously would not have gained back all the 25GB's..., perhaps just a few, guessing something like 5GB.
Well, does that mean that those GB's that are emptied in the trash (not securely) are just lost forever?
..Or will I regain those GB's the next time around (say weeks later) I securely empty the trash with whatever happens to be in there (all new stuff in the trash)?
Am I making sense?
Kinda confusing to me cause I don't understand it. But I feel it's vital for me to get this and have the most amount of gigs available on my Mac now that i'm using about 30GB's per week filming stuff and editing it on iMovie.
MacBook Pro :: Can't Use Empty Trash Or Secure Empty Trash?
Feb 16, 2012I can't empty my trash ! i dont know why?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X :: Can't Empty Trash - Error Code -8003
Oct 31, 2010I have a MacBook intel running 10.6.4
When I try to empty the trash I get a message, 'The operation can?t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)'
I have restarted, repaired permissions and verified the disk, all ok but the message still appears with both secure & normal trash emptying.
Mac Pro :: Can't Empty Trash On OS X 10.6.8 Error Code -8003
Feb 11, 2012I can't empty trash on mac OS X 10.6.8 error code -8003Â
Without doing this my storage is completely full and I'm unable to do anything with the computer.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Cannot Empty Trash Error -8003
Mar 13, 2012cannot empty trash error -8003
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X Yosemite :: Can't Empty Trash / Error Code -43
Dec 9, 2014My problem is that I can't empty my trash, I've tried every solution I've found on the internet, but none of them actually work. When I try to empty it, I get the message that the items are in use, but it is practically impossible, because they are some text files, but with weird extension in the filename's end, for example:Â
notes_102_331_2012-(ABC).txt/Zone.IdentifierÂ
There are like 30 files like this, and they are in a folder called "Notes", but every time I try to empty them, I get the message that they are in use, although everything is closed except finder. I've tried to rename the files, but then I get the error code -43. The folder itself can be renamed, but that doesn't work. When I try to move the files to another folder or drive, again: error code -43.
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Empty Trash And Icon Never Indicates Files Are In Trash
May 1, 2012Despite having several files in the trash, its icon never changes (always shows an empty trash) and the "Empty Trash" option is dimmed (that is, cannot be used). OnyX ws the only solution but it's temporary. What's the fix I should apply to Mac OS X? Also, why is it that every time I want to move a file to trash I must enter my password? It's annoying to say the least.Please help me as I don't want to go through the royal pains of installing everything again, Windows-style. I think Mac OS X should be better than that.
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Cannot Empty Trash: Error Message -8003
Mar 30, 2012Cannot empty my trash: error message -8003Â
Also trying to remove files from trash by moving to an external hard drive but rather than "move" files the files are "copied" so I cannot free up any disk space on the Notebook's HD!
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MacBook Pro
Intel Mac :: Trying To Empty Trash And Getting Error Code - 8003
Apr 7, 2012I am trying to empty my trash and I keep getting the error code -8003 on a popup window with the option to stop or continue. Even when selecting continue in does no continue. Is there a way around this or another way to erase the trash.
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iMac
Intel Mac :: Cannot Empty Trash (error Code -8003)
May 3, 2012Cannot empty trash getting error code -8003.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Cannot Empty Trash - Keep Getting An Error Code With 8003
Jul 4, 2012I just want to know how to empty my trash because I keep getting this message saying " The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occured (error code-8003) I tried looking this up and couldn't find any refference regarding it.
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iMac (17-inch Late 2006), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X :: Strange File In Trash Won't Empty
May 31, 2009See attached screenshot, I don't even know what that character is in the file name. Anyway it's always in my trash no matter how many times I click "Empty Trash". Don't know what this file is, or how it was made on Jan 1st, 1904.
View 1 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Locked File - Empty Trash
Feb 3, 2010My problem is with 300+ files in 2 folders that are left over from mac 9. They are in the trash, and are now locked, utterly. When I try to empty the trash, the error message says "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items." As you may know, when dealing with multiple "disks" (read: partitions), Mac X puts a .Trash or .Trashes folder on each disk. The trash folders on my computer are located on the following paths:
/users/(my name)/.Trash
/volumes/HD_1/.Trashes/501.................
